The 383 sideboard against the wall under a picture: the panelled fields with the painted scrollwork and the row of drawers above the doors

Antica Firenze · Sideboards

Sideboard 383, two meters eight hand-decorated col. 42

Light on light: what separates the fields is the shadow of the molding

  • Item383 · col. 42
  • Dimensions208 × 55 × h 116 cm

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The price is worked out together with the piece

This piece is made to measure, and until the measurements are known there is no price. Write down what you need here: the request goes to Tuscany Market Hub, and we pass it on to L'ARTES.

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Designed, built and finished inside the workshop, in Tavarnelle Val di Pesa.

The piece

Two meters eight of front, divided into squared fields: four doors below, a row of drawers above, and in each field a hand-painted scroll that opens from the bottom and closes at the top. There is a single tone, light on light, and what separates the fields is the shadow of the molding.

Painting light on light leaves no margin at all: the decoration only shows through the difference in glaze, and one coat heavier than the next breaks the sequence along the whole length. The beeswax closes the surface without polishing it, and over the years it is gone over again — which is why the workshop uses it instead of varnish. Fifty-five deep, a meter sixteen high.

How it is made

The finish is the craft: lacquer and gold leaf are the two steps almost everyone subcontracts, and here they stay in house.

Finish
Antica Firenze style, hand-decorated col. 42, natural colors and natural beeswax
Dimensions
208 × 55 × h 116 cm
The make-up
The picture, the lamp and the other furniture that appear in the photograph are not included.
Technique
Fields squared off with applied moldings, decoration painted by hand with natural colors and a beeswax finish.
Range
Antica Firenze
Item
383 · col. 42

The workshop

L'ARTES

An art furniture workshop in Sambuca, founded in Firenze, in San Frediano, in 1968 by two young artisans trained by the masters of woodcarving. The whole cycle stays inside: the drawing, the unfinished piece, the lacquering, the decoration and the hand gilding. Three lines — Classico, Contemporary and Antica Firenze — and every piece built to the measurements of whoever orders it.

The whole catalogue L'ARTES Their story on MANUARTI

Fields squared off with applied moldings, decoration painted by hand with natural colors and a beeswax finish. · Tavarnelle Val di Pesa · province of FI

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